Autorica publikacije dr. Angeliki Katsioti zaposlena je pri Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports at the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese kao Head of the Department of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Sites, Monuments, Research and Museums. Područje njezinog znanstvenog interesa je kasnoantička arheologija te bizantska umjetnost i ikonografija.

The lamps of Rhodes studied here clearly represent a fraction of the devices employed for lighting from the 3rd to the 7th centuries. But they do constitute a representative sample of the local demand, market trends and imports brought into the island. It is hoped that the scale and distribution of the sites surveyed in the course of this investigation will at least ensure that its conclusions are not really in danger of being overturned in the future; although they should be usefully elaborated by further research. Time will tell.